Dolly (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Anita Brookner
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Courage, Art or artists, Marriage, World War II, Cancer, Death or dying, Widows or widowers, Wealth, Shyness
- Locales: London, England
DOLLY begins with the visit of a child to her sick uncle in Belgium. The young girl, already wise beyond her years, is Jane Manning, the narrator of this novel. From her childish observations of her aunt’s mannerisms grows an intense distaste, especially as she compares the worldly Dolly to her genteel parents, Henrietta and Paul. The title character in the novel is Henrietta’s sister-in-law, and when Dolly’s husband dies, she returns to London and exacts a monthly stipend from her mother-in-law, and after her death, from Jane’s mother.
Jane reveres her parents, whose...
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